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News and Events
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[Click here to go to "Archives", where you can read about
other special events in our Region since this website was set up]
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 A New Beginning - Credo's Sod-Turning Ceremony
On Wednesday, May 18th, 2011, exactly four years after the Credo Drop-In and Development Centre at 19 Nelson Street was destroyed by fire, a Sod-Turning Ceremony marked a new beginning for the Centre.
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Sr. Margo's Visit to Trinidad
When Sr. Margo, General Leader, visited Trinidad before Christmas when the sisters were having a regional assembly in preparation for our upcoming General Chapter, the occasion yielded some nice photographs.
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"Ruah" - CREDO's New Transitional Facility for Girls
Credo Foundation for Justice has recently opened a new Transitional Facility for Girls, due to the generosity of the Ashby family in providing a premises for the new Centre, which will enhance the work of Sophia House.
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60th Anniversary of Holy Faith Convent, Couva
Holy Faith Convent, Couva, opened on January 12th 1951 with 50 students. Today, 60 years later, 698 students are enrolled in the school. January 12th this year saw teachers, students, Holy Faith Sisters, pastpupils and friends gathering in Couva to launch the 60th anniversary celebrations.
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Memorial Mass for Sr. Laurentina Kennedy RIP
On Tuesday, January 11th, Holy Faith Sisters, past-pupils and many friends gathered for a memorial Mass in St. Theresa's, Woodbrook, to pay tribute to Sr. Laurentina Kennedy RIP, who was one of the first eight sisters to come to Trinidad in 1947.
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A Tribute to Margaret Aylward
Congratulations to Chelsea Katwaroo, Form 1H in Holy Faith Convent Penal, whose poem "A Tribute to Margaret Aylward" was read to open the school's Prize-giving Ceremony.
Margaret Aylward was a woman of faith ... ...
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Join the Holy Faith Family - by Cecily Asson [T & T's Newsday]
A NUN yesterday called on young scholarship winners of Holy Faith Convent in Penal and other senior students to enter religious life and so continue the good work started by the founders of the school. Sr. Columba, a member of the religious order of the Holy Faith and former school principal made the appeal at a Thanksgiving Mass ...
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Credo Retreat Centre, Couva - The End of An Era
A new seed of history was sown and an era came to an end when a Ritual and Mass of Farewell was held in Couva on Monday 2nd August 2010 and the demolition of Credo Retreat House began the following day. Regret, shock, resignation, sadness and consternation were some of the emotions expressed at the news – all pointing to the love and affection of sisters, associates, staff and past-pupils for the house that was convent home, secondary school and retreat centre since the arrival of the Holy Faith Sisters in Couva in 1950.
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"Mould us, Lord, as the Potter's Clay"
Sr. Mary Anthony of the Holy Faith Sisters, while doing an edition of the Trinity Network's "Morning Prayer" on Channel 10, used lumps of clay to emphasize what it means to give ourselves completely to God to be used for His service.
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Death Row - a Ministry of Love
In recent months, Sr. Mary Anthony got permission to minister to condemned prisoners on Carrera Island. She visits each Wednesday for two hours and sees prisoners one-to-one if they so wish. "So we pray as I sit facing them. We sing, read the Word of God, share what touched us; then continue our conversation in a lighter vein..."
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